Diagnostic temperature probe
First Claim
1. An instrument for medical diagnosis of a body, the instrument comprising measuring means (18) for measuring temperature of, or thermal radiation from, a region of the body at which the measuring means is directed and producing a measurement, and a hand-holdable housing (10), the housing containing:
- region indicating means (14) for indicating to a user a sequence of at least three such regions at which the instrument is to be directed and such measurements are to be made;
storing means (32) for storing the measurements so made (or data derived therefrom);
processing means (26) for processing the stored measurements (or derived data) to ascertain correlation between the measurements; and
result indicating means (14) for indicating a result of the correlation to the user.
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Abstract
An instrument for medical diagnosis of a body comprises measuring means (18) for measuring temperature of, or thermal radiation from, a region of the body at which the measuring means is directed and producing a measurement, and a hand-holdable housing (10). The housing contains: region indicating means, such as an LCD (14), for indicating to a user a sequence of at least three such regions at which the instrument is to be directed and such measurements are to be made; storing means (32) for storing the measurements so made (or data derived therefrom); processing means (26) for processing the stored measurements (or derived data) to ascertain correlation between the measurements; and result indicating means, such as the same, or a further, LCD, for indicating a result of the correlation to the user.
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21 Claims
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1. An instrument for medical diagnosis of a body, the instrument comprising measuring means (18) for measuring temperature of, or thermal radiation from, a region of the body at which the measuring means is directed and producing a measurement, and a hand-holdable housing (10), the housing containing:
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region indicating means (14) for indicating to a user a sequence of at least three such regions at which the instrument is to be directed and such measurements are to be made;
storing means (32) for storing the measurements so made (or data derived therefrom);
processing means (26) for processing the stored measurements (or derived data) to ascertain correlation between the measurements; and
result indicating means (14) for indicating a result of the correlation to the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method of medical diagnosis of a body using a hand-holdable instrument that can measure temperature of, or thermal radiation from, a region of the body at which the instrument is directed and produce a measurement, the method comprising the steps of:
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indicating to a user a sequence of at least three such regions at which the instrument is to be directed and such measurements are to be made;
storing the measurements so made (or data derived therefrom);
processing the stored measurements (or derived data) to ascertain correlation between the measurements; and
indicating a result of the correlation to the user.
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